Empire Classic (computer game)
- Empire Classic (computer game)
"Empire" originated in the early 1970's under the name "Civilization" on an HP2000 minicomputer at Evergreen State College [http://empireclassic.com/] . It was written in interpreted BASIC and utilized extensions to the operating system. When the host computer was retired, the source code to "Civilization" was lost. Subsequently, two of its authors each independently wrote a new version of the game, both named "Empire".
The game is turn-based, with players giving orders at their convenience, and in some versions then executed simultaneously by the game server at set intervals ranging from a few hours to once per day. The gameworld consists of "sectors", which may be designated as agricultural, industrial, etc. There are dozens of unit types requiring a variety of raw and manufactured materials for their creation. "Blitz" games may last a few hours, typical games a few months, and some larger games up to a year.
Peter S. Langston version
Peter Langston's version was developed while he was on staff at Harvard University using Bell Labs UNIX and the C programming language on a PDP 11/45.
Derivatives of this program include:
*"Xerox Development Environment (XDE) Empire" on Xerox computer workstations
*"BSD Empire"
*"PSL Empire"
**"PC Empire" by Gordon Storga for DOS
**"Amiga Empire" for the Commodore Amiga
*"Wolfpack Empire"
Ben Norton version
This version of "Empire" was written in 1984 in Pascal on an HP3000 and released to the HP3000 Contributed Library. It is also known as "Empire Classic", or alternatively as "HP Classic Empire" and "HP Empire Classic".
In 2003, the game was ported to the C++ programming language for the Linux operating system, and a subsequent Java client/server version was produced.Fact|date=June 2008
External links
* " [http://empireclassic.com/ Empire Classic] "
* " [http://www.wolfpackempire.com/ Wolfpack Empire] "
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